“I apologize. Please think about it more.”
“……. ”
After that, he tried to get up from his seat.
At that moment, Reyna reached out and grabbed him.
“……. ”
Her pale hand was holding the hem of his sleeve with difficulty.
It was a feeble grip on the edge of the fabric,
but Arthur stopped, quietly allowing himself to be held.
“……. ”
Reyna still didn’t say anything.
“……. ”
But Arthur was satisfied that she had reached out to him.
Arthur looked at her hand.
For the first time since the day of the improvement ceremony they reunited, there was a ring on her finger.
Arthur smiled faintly.
“You wearing a ring is the first time I’ve seen since that day.”
And he subtly raised his hand with the ring, smiling.
“I’ve been wearing it all along.”
“……. ”
Regret was evident in her words, but it wasn’t difficult to understand her reluctance to easily wear the wedding ring.
However, at the end of Reyna’s hesitation, she opened her mouth for the first time.
“I’m worried it might get hurt…”
In a struggling voice, she barely moistened her lips.
“It’s a precious item, you see…”
And with a nod, she pointed to the dressing table.
“In the jewelry box… I’ve been keeping it.”
I know.
I knew that the marriage ring was inside the jewelry box on the dressing table.
“I know.”
Silence fell again.
“…”
After a moment, Reyna moved.
She hesitated, slowly lifted the sleeve of her dress on her left wrist.
A lace handkerchief was tied to her wrist.
Reyna bowed her head slightly and spoke softly.
“…Instead, I was doing this.”
“…”
Arthur looked at her silently.
Reyna spoke with only the end of her sleeve attached.
“…This is something you gave to ‘me.'”
Reyna bit her lips and,
as if regretting making unnecessary remarks, closed her mouth with a remorseful face.
Then, she gently lowered her sleeve again.
The lace handkerchief was concealed in her sleeve.
Arthur silently watched her.
After a short silence, Arthur spoke quietly.
“You also gave me a ring.”
“…”
Reyna was bowing her head with a stiff face.
Avoiding eye contact.
“…”
She didn’t respond at all to the ring.
Instead, Reyna spoke.
“About what you said… I’m considering it.”
Arthur looked at her.
“But… if you allow it… tomorrow…”
To avoid trembling, she clutched the dress tightly.
She forced herself to open her lips again.
“I want to meet the tailor and make a decision…”
Body temperature. The sound of the heartbeat. Trembling.
Orr, as if groping for all that urgency subconsciously.
“Is it… not allowed…”
While struggling, she managed to squeeze out those words.
“…”
Arthur quietly spoke.
“I didn’t say I didn’t want to meet you.”
“…!”
Before Reyna could hold her breath, Arthur’s words continued.
“…It didn’t mean I wouldn’t let you meet me.”
And Arthur smiled,
lightly brushing her cheek as if comforting her,
with the same casual skinship as before,
reminding her that his proposal and favor towards Reyna remained unchanged.
Reyna pressed her trembling lips and lowered her head.
“Sorry…”
Perhaps it was an apology for her involvement in espionage against him.
But for some reason, Arthur felt like a man rejected from confessing his feelings.
“Please give me the note.”
“…”
Without any objections, Arthur took out the note from his pocket and handed it over.
After all, he did intend to ask her to read it.
But the timing and atmosphere were not favorable.
I hadn’t expected such a chilly atmosphere filled with regret and suspicion towards her.
“…….”
Tristan seemed to have completely recognized Reyna as an adversary.
Knowing that embracing her would only provoke more resistance,
Arthur handed over the note, hoping its contents wouldn’t provoke Tristan too much.
Although he thought there wouldn’t be anything special in the content, there was a possibility that Tristan, who was cautious and loyal, might find something irritating.
Tristan accepted the note, let out a short sigh without unfolding it, and then looked at Arthur.
“Why didn’t you say anything? You knew about it.”
Arthur smiled somewhat awkwardly.
“…I was planning to tell you once things were sorted out.”
“I told you to be careful.”
“I am being careful.”
Tristan looked at him with disbelief.
When Arthur extended his hand to ask for the note,
Tristan sensed that Arthur might be trying to comfort her and cooled down instantly.
Tristan sensed that Arthur intended to embrace her and coldly suppressed the thought. Perhaps Arthur had granted her a bit of his heart, even if that wasn’t the case. Even if not, Arthur Kyeong was a compassionate person toward the weak, and he might have the intention to overlook her with sympathy. But regardless of pity or any other reason, if Arthur had a soft spot for her, Tristan would be even less inclined to let her go easily. Tristan looked bitterly at the note, and then, as if tearing up, gazed at Arthur again.
“Is there anything else you wanted to say but couldn’t? Anything left?”
“Not at the moment.”
“Really, nothing? Can I trust you?”
Arthur smiled. “Yes.”
Tristan sighed once again, then looked back at the note with eyes filled with renewed anger.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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